Legal Opinion

Ranck v. City of Cedar Rapids

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 20, 1907PublishedCited by 68 opinions

Appeal from Linn District Court.— Hon. W. Gr. Thompson, Judge. The opinion states the case.—

1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.

On April 6, 1905, the plaintiff was, .and for some years had been, the owner of a lot bordering Upon the west shore of the Cedar river, in the city of Cedar Rapids. About this date the city instituted proceedings to condemn the entire lot for public use as a street and landing for a new bridge to be thrown across the river at that point. The sheriff’s jury having assessed the plaintiff’s damages at $Y,500, he appealed from said award to the district court, where a verdict was returned in his favor for $11,000. A motion for new trial was overruled, and judgment rendered in plaintiff’s favor…

2Cases cited77 opinions

  1. Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. San Diego Land & Town Co. v. NealeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Spring Valley Water Works v. DrinkhouseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Alloway v. NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1890
  5. L. R. Junction Ry. v. WoodruffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. State v. PetersonMontana Supreme Court · 1958
  2. City of Stockton v. EllingwoodCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1929
  3. Hall v. City of West Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  4. Idaho-Western Railway Co. v. Columbia Conference of Evangelical Lutheran Augustana SynodIdaho Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Korf v. FlemingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1948

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